Khaled Khoja

Khaled Khoja (4 July 1965-) was Chairman of the Syrian National Coalition from 4 January 2015, succeeding Hadi al-Bahra.

Biography
Khaled Khoja was born on 4 July 1965 in Damascus, Syria to a family of Syrian Turkmen. He studied at Izmir University in Turkey, and he was twice detained by the Syrian Arab Republic under Hafez al-Assad. After the start of the Syrian Civil War, he helped in the founding of Syrian Opposition groups, and he helped in founding the Syrian National Council; he was named its Chairman on 4 January 2015, being the internationally-recognized leader of Syria.